Eastern University Vice Chancellor missing
by Thava Sajitharan
Eastern University Vice Chancellor Professor Sivasubramanium
Ravindranath has gone missing in Colombo on Friday evening. Dr.
Naveenakumar, a consultant physician in Batticaloa and brother-in-law of
the VC told the Sunday Observer that Professor Ravindranath had been
staying in Dehiwala with his relatives for the last 2 1/2 months.
Professor Ravindranath submitted his resignation letter to the
University Grants Commission 2 1/2 months back following a threat from
some unidentified group in Batticaloa. But the UGC refused to accept the
resignation. Since then he has been reporting to work at the UGC in
Colombo.
When Dr. Balasingam Sugumar, the Eastern University Arts Faculty
Dean, was abducted on September 30 and later released by some
unidentified armed men in Batticaloa, the abductors demanded the
resignation of the VC for the Dean's release. The Dean was freed after
Professor Ravindranath handed over the resignation to the UGC.
When contacted Dehiwala police said that a complaint was lodged by
the Vice Chancellor's relatives around 10.30 p.m. on Friday in this
regard. |